Monday, December 28, 2015

Hot This Week: December 28

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! For the last week of the year, the latest installment of the Mission: Impossible action franchise took top honors in the movie world. Adele has yet another week with two albums on the chart, keeping her latest at #1. Harper Lee finds her way back onto the last fiction list of the year, as does a biography of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg in non-fiction.

DVD
  1. Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
  2. Trainwreck
  3. Ant-Man
  4. Vacation
  5. Self/less
  6. Max
  7. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  8. Inside Out
  9. Jurassic World
  10. No Escape
CD
  1. Adele, 25
  2. Justin Bieber, Purpose
  3. Pentatonix, That's Christmas to Me
  4. One Direction, Made in the A.M.
  5. The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
  6. Chris Stapleton, Traveller
  7. Coldplay, A Head Full of Dreams
  8. Michael Buble, Christmas
  9. Taylor Swift, 1989
  10. Adele, 21 
Fiction
  1. Rogue Lawyer, John Grisham
  2. All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
  3. See Me, Nicholas Sparks
  4. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Stephen King
  5. Cross Justice, James Patterson
  6. The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins
  7. The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, Mitch Albom
  8. The Guilty, David Baldacci
  9. Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee
  10. Commander in Chief, Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney
Non-Fiction
  1. Killing Reagan, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
  2. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates, Brian Kilmeade and Don Yeager
  3. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
  4. What If?, Randall Munroe
  5. Destiny and Power, Jon Meacham
  6. The Wright Brothers, David McCullough
  7. Why Not Me?, Mindy Kaling
  8. The Witches, Stacy Schiff
  9. Crippled America, Donald Trump
  10. Notorious RBG, Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik

Monday, December 21, 2015

Hot This Week: December 21

Heading into the holiday week, the Amy Schumer comedy Trainwreck takes the top movie spot, followed closely by Paul Rudd's entry into the Marvel universe. Adele maintains her reign over the music chart, joined this week by such newcomers as Coldplay and Rick Ross. The fiction and non-fiction lists both just see some movement in their orders, while the titles from last week all keep their momentum.

DVD
  1. Trainwreck
  2. Ant-Man
  3. Vacation
  4. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  5. Self/less
  6. No Escape
  7. Max
  8. Jurassic World
  9. Inside Out
  10. Knock Knock
CD
  1. Adele, 25
  2. Coldplay, A Head Full of Dreams
  3. Justin Bieber, Purpose
  4. Pentatonix, That's Christmas to Me
  5. G-Eazy, When It's Dark Out
  6. Rick Ross, Black Market
  7. Troye Sivan, Blue Neighbourhood
  8. One Direction, Made in the A.M.
  9. Chris Stapleton, Traveller
  10. The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
Fiction
  1. Rogue Lawyer, John Grisham
  2. Cross Justice, James Patterson
  3. See Me, Nicholas Sparks
  4. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Stephen King
  5. All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
  6. The Guilty, David Baldacci
  7. Commander in Chief, Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney
  8. The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins
  9. The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, Mitch Albom
  10. Tricky Twenty-Two, Janet Evanovich
Non-Fiction
  1. Killing Reagan, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
  2. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates, Brian Kilmeade and Don Yeager
  3. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
  4. Destiny and Power, Jon Meacham
  5. What If?, Randall Munroe
  6. The Wright Brothers, David McCullough
  7. Why Not Me?, Mindy Kaling
  8. The Witches, Stacy Schiff
  9. Crippled America, Donald Trump
  10. Boys in the Trees, Carly Simon

Monday, December 14, 2015

Hot This Week: December 14

Action and adventure are on the menu for this week as The Man from U.N.C.L.E. takes over the movie listing. Adele's juggernaut 25 album continues its domination of the music chart. In fiction, Mark Greaney's continuation of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan series is the week's only newcomer, while the non-fiction list just sees a shuffling of familiar titles.

DVD
  1. The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
  2. Vacation
  3. Self/less
  4. No Escape
  5. Max
  6. Jurassic World
  7. Inside Out
  8. American Ultra
  9. San Andreas
  10. Southpaw
CD
  1. Adele, 25
  2. Justin Bieber, Purpose
  3. Pentatonix, That's Christmas to Me
  4. One Direction, Made in the A.M.
  5. Taylor Swift, 1989
  6. The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
  7. Carrie Underwood, Storyteller
  8. Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap 
  9. Michael Buble, Christmas
  10. NOW That's What I Call Music 56
Fiction
  1. Rogue Lawyer, John Grisham
  2. Cross Justice, James Patterson
  3. Commander in Chief, Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney
  4. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Stephen King
  5. The Guilty, David Baldacci 
  6. See Me, Nicholas Sparks
  7. Tricky Twenty-Two, Janet Evanovich
  8. All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
  9. The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, Mitch Albom
  10. The Girl on the Train, Paula Hawkins
Non-Fiction
  1. Killing Reagan, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
  2. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates, Brian Kilmeade and Don Yeager
  3. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
  4. Destiny and Power, Jon Meacham
  5. Why Not Me?, Mindy Kaling
  6. Boys in the Trees, Carly Simon
  7. What If?, Randall Munroe
  8. The Witches, Stacy Schiff
  9. The Wright Brothers, David McCullough
  10. Crippled America, Donald Trump

Monday, December 7, 2015

Hot This Week: December 7

It's fitting, with the original Griswolds coming back into pop culture's consciousness due to National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, that the new Griswolds top this week's movie list, leading a slate that contains five new titles. Adele's new album 25 rockets ahead of the pack on the music chart, and it brings her last album, 21, onto the list with it. James Patterson's latest Alex Cross adventure takes over the fiction list, while a memoir from Carly Simon joins the non-fiction list.

DVD
  1. Vacation
  2. Jurassic World
  3. No Escape
  4. Max
  5. Inside Out 
  6. San Andreas
  7. American Ultra
  8. Terminator Genisys
  9. Pixels
  10. Ricki and the Flash
CD
  1. Adele, 25
  2. Justin Bieber, Purpose
  3. One Direction, Made in the A.M.
  4. Jadakiss, Top 5 Dead or Alive
  5. The Weeknd, Beauty Behind the Madness
  6. Pentatonix, That's Christmas to Me
  7. Chris Stapleton, Traveller
  8. Enya, Dark Sky Island
  9. Adele, 21
  10. Fetty Wap, Fetty Wap
Fiction
  1. Cross Justice, James Patterson
  2. Tricky Twenty-Two, Janet Evanovich
  3. Rogue Lawyer, John Grisham
  4. The Guilty, David Baldacci
  5. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Stephen King
  6. See Me, Nicholas Sparks
  7. The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, Mitch Albom
  8. All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
  9. The Crossing, Michael Connelly
  10. Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee
Non-Fiction
  1. Killing Reagan, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
  2. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates, Brian Kilmeade and Don Yeager
  3. Destiny and Power, Jon Meacham
  4. Why Not Me?, Mindy Kaling
  5. Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates 
  6. Binge, Tyler Oakley
  7. Boys in the Trees, Carly Simon
  8. The Witches, Stacy Schiff
  9. The Wright Brothers, David McCullough
  10. Crippled America, Donald Trump